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Watch your ass

Posted by Smokey Stover on May 17, 2009 at 02:36

In Reply to: Watch your ass posted by Joe on May 16, 2009 at 20:09:

: "watch your ass'"
: "watch your tail"
: "watch your six"

: Dates from WWII, 1917, likely first British then universally from WWII aviators and military. The everyone picked it up.

Thanks, Joe. I should mention that it's helpful if, when posting a comment, you allow all previous comments to remain, posting your own comment at the end.
Incidentally, I'm not familiar with "watch your six." Perhaps you can remedy my ignorance.
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